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Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; John 20:1-18

On that first Easter morning, in early April of the year 33 or 34, several women steeled themselves to perform a grim task. It was Jewish custom that a dead body should be washed and mummy-wrapped in linen by women who were close to the deceased. Inside the layers of linen would be sprinkled myrrh and ot…